Learning Objectives

  • Discuss the historical significance of prisons and their influence on today’s institutions
     
  • Discuss how jails are similar to and different from prisons
     
  • Compare the differences between federal, state, private, and military prisons
     
  • Identify the different security levels of prison institutions
     
  • Discuss how issues such as racial disproportionality, overcrowding, and prison misconduct impact the management of prisons
     
  • Discuss how the Supreme Court has interpreted the Bill of Rights for inmates
     
  • Identify the challenges that correctional officers face on the job